Diagnostic Essentials for Erysipelas in Chinese medicine:
(1) Before onset, there is mostly a history of traumatic injury, lesion or infective focus in the skin and mucous membrane of the hand, foot, ear, and nose.
(2) Before onset, there are general symptoms of aversion to cold, fever and headache.
(3) Tumefaction in fresh red color, with burning pain and clear margin is present in the skin of the infected area. Usually, there is no suppuration and necrosis occurs very seldom, but accompanied by local lymphadenectasis. The total count of peripheral leukocyte and neutrophil ratio are obviously enhanced.

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